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Brownie Speaks

2014

Brownie Speaks

2014
10
A native of Wilmington, Delaware, jazz trumpeter Clifford Brown made an outstanding and influential contribution to music. In an era when many musicians were emulating Charlie Parker’s drug abuse, Brown inspired others to achieve greatness while living a clean life. Ironically, he was killed in a car accident at the age of 25. This feature-length documentary presents a richly detailed account of Brown’s life, and examines his historical importance in the context of three criteria–innovation, influence, and individuality.
Sampoorna Ramayanam

1958

Sampoorna Ramayanam

1958
8
The story of the complete Ramayana, from the birth of Lord Rama to his Pattabhisheka after completing his exile.
Tasmanian Devil: The Fast and Furious Life of Errol Flynn

2007

Tasmanian Devil: The Fast and Furious Life of Errol Flynn

2007
9
The story of Tasmanian-born actor Errol Flynn whose short & flamboyant life, full of scandals, adventures, loves and excess was largely played out in front of the camera - either making movies or filling the newsreels and gossip magazines. Tragically he was dead from the effects of drugs and alcohol by the time he was only 50 & the myths live on. But there is another side of Flynn that is less well known - his ambitions to be a serious writer and newspaper correspondent, his documentary films and his interest in the Spanish Civil War and Castro's Cuba
Maharaja Gemunu

2015

Maharaja Gemunu

2015
9
Maharaja Gemunu is based on the odyssey of King Gemunu (ruler of Sri Lanka 161–137 BC) who is renowned for defeating and overthrowing King Elara, the usurping Tamil prince from the Chola Kingdom, who had invaded the Kingdom of Rajarata in 205 BC.
Intoarcerea Vlasinilor

1984

Intoarcerea Vlasinilor

1984
10
Romanian Farmer

1952

Romanian Farmer

1952
6
Battle of Okinawa in Color

2017

Battle of Okinawa in Color

2017
9
By mid-1945, Hitler is dead and the war has ended in Europe. Halfway around the world, however, the fighting is still going strong on a small island in the Pacific. Okinawa was the site of the last battle of the last great war of the 20th century, with a casualty rate in the tens of thousands. Through it all, military cameramen risked their lives to film the conflict, from brutal land combat to fierce kamikaze attacks at sea. See the footage they captured and experience this intense battle the way the soldiers saw it -- in color.
The History of the Hitler Youth

2003

The History of the Hitler Youth

2003
8
How the Hitler Youth became the largest organization for young people in German history -- some 8 million strong at its height -- is documented in this examination of the group's genesis and history, aided by previously unpublished private films spanning 1920 to 1945. Includes interviews with Artur Axmann, Jutta Rüdiger, and Werner Kuhnt.
Deus ex Machina

2017

Deus ex Machina

2017
8
Ivar Aasen

1996

Ivar Aasen

1996
10
The Hero of Two Worlds

1994

The Hero of Two Worlds

1994
6
A little boy meets the old hero Garibaldi who tells him the story of his adventures.
The Giant

1938

The Giant

1938
6
Japanese adaptation of LES MISERABLES. The last film of director Itami took inspiration from Les Miserables. Transpiring during the Southwestern War of 1877 in Japan, which was the last civil war in the country, a criminal escapes prison only to be found by a monk. The criminal decides to turn a new leaf based on their conversation and goes on to become a town's mayor. He hears news of a mistaken arrest and identity. The revelation of truth is the start of a series of miseries.
Shanghai Rhapsody

1984

Shanghai Rhapsody

1984
7
Set in the 1930s in the international city of Shanghai, the film follows the extravagant life and times of a group of jazz musicians, living from one advance paycheck to the next, as the country teeters over the brink into the Second Sino-Japanese War.
Ek Haseena Thi Ek Deewana Tha

2017

Ek Haseena Thi Ek Deewana Tha

2017
5
Natasha and her fiance, Sunny visit her ancestral property where she meets Devdhar, a man who she forms a passionate connection with.
Good Soil

2007

Good Soil

2007
8
Ships from Europe brought Christianity to the shores of Japan in 1549. For decades the seeds of faith grew under the watchful gaze of the Shogun, but the fear of foreign influence eventually gave rise to persecution. By 1624, Japanese Christians enjoyed only a few more years of peace. Jinbei Mauda comes to a point in his journey were he has to choose between his family or faith. Jinbei Masuda, a Japanese Christian of the samurai class who draws his strength from his faith, family and kenjitsu (Art of the Sword). However, he is caught up in the shogun's policy of religious persecution and must choose between his loved ones or his God.
Mosley

1998

Mosley

1998
6
Jonathan Cake, Jemma Redgrave and Hugh Bonneville lead an outstanding cast in this mini-series tracing the turbulent political career and tempestuous private life of Oswald Mosley, leader of the British Union of Fascists during the 1930s. The mini series charts Mosley's rise to political notoriety through his personal life – from youthful rising star of the Conservative Party to potential leader of the Labour Party, and later abandonment of conventional party politics to become a figurehead of burgeoning fascism.
Concert of 1936

1978

Concert of 1936

1978
6
In 1936, two female artists (a singer and a pianist) visit the city of Lushnja, which was very conservative.
The Reindeer People

2014

The Reindeer People

2014
10
The Chukchi reindeer breeders are peculiar people. They are nomads. Reindeers are their welfare, the purport of life. The mother-reindeer is the main divine being; it protects the Chukchi from misfortune and troubles. Nature is not friendly towards people here. Only Chukchi can survive in Tundra. A rush period for the Chukchi reindeer breeders comes in winter, when the temperature rises up to 50 degrees Celsius at night and in the sunlight of the day it doesn't exceed 40 degrees Celsius in tundra: they should separate young deers from the rest of the herd, the weak from the strong. And this, considering that the herds of the Chukchi reindeer breeders number some thousand heads...
Clues to Adventure

1949

Clues to Adventure

1949
6
This MGM Passing Parade series short presents how separate events led to the creation of three provisions - freedom of speech, freedom of the press, and prohibition of the infliction of cruel and unusual punishments - in the U.S. Constitution's Bill of Rights.
Tatyana's Day

1968

Tatyana's Day

1968
5
The fate of Tanya Ognevaya, whose image reflects the features of Liza Pylaeva (1898-1926), the first chairwoman of the Socialist Youth Union.